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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Spanish Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spanish Village and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Spanish Village:
- 28.276118, -96.880821
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Spanish Village
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Aransas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aransas County
- Since Spanish Village is near Refugio County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Refugio County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Spanish Village
Communities Also Named Spanish Village ...
We found one communities that are also named Spanish Village.
Within Texas, the name Spanish Village is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Spanish Village in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Weld County
- This Spanish Village is located in Weld County and lies 942 miles [1,516 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Spanish Village that is located in Aransas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Spanish Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spanish Village ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Bonnie View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bonnie View is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie View
- City-by-the Sea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- City-by-the Sea is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City-by-the Sea
- Clark Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Station is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Station
- Green Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Green Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Holiday Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Beach is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Beach
- Palm Harbor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palm Harbor is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Harbor
- Rockport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Seadrift
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shell Ridge is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Ridge
How Far From Spanish Village to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Spanish Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spanish Village and extending to:
- Rockport, which is the Seat of Aransas County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spanish Village to Rockport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,352 miles [2,175.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,945 miles [12,786.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spanish Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Spanish Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spanish Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.2761, Longitude: -96.8808 In this case, the coordinates for Spanish Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.328 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.192 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.106 degrees. |
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